# Nicheless

> Nicheless is a micro-blogging platform for raw, unfiltered thought. A place to write, for thinking’s sake: one thought a post, 300 words at most.

Every public post and writer page is plain HTML that reads without JavaScript. Posts carry schema.org BlogPosting data; writer pages carry ProfilePage data.

## Finding posts and writers

- [Sitemap](https://nicheless.blog/sitemap.xml): every public post and every writer with one
- [Explore](https://nicheless.blog/explore): posts from across the site; add ?q=words to search them, or ?tag=topic for one topic
- Posts live at https://nicheless.blog/post/{slug}
- Writers live at https://nicheless.blog/author/{slug}, with each writer's posts in full as RSS at https://nicheless.blog/author/{slug}/feed.xml
- [About Nicheless](https://nicheless.blog/about)

## Latest posts

- [If tomorrow is never promised](https://nicheless.blog/post/if-tomorrow-is-never-promised): by John Paul Hernandez, Oct 18, 2026. Why is it so difficult to live for today? The nerves when you're drinking coffee thinking of to-do lists for the week; frustrations when…
- [Thoughts on newsletters](https://nicheless.blog/post/thoughts-on-newsletters): by Louis Pereira, Oct 17, 2026. The newsletter is dead. At least that's what (relatively) smart people on Twitter are saying. I wanted to think about it. So I'm writing.…
- [Content Tsunami](https://nicheless.blog/post/content-tsunami): by Louis Pereira, Oct 15, 2026. There's too much content in the world. And AI is making it easier than ever for people to create content. Everyone and their mother has a…
- [I'm in.](https://nicheless.blog/post/i-m-in): by Francesco, Oct 14, 2026. Just to be here from the very beginning.
- [Do I want a billion dollars or I want to be important in a community](https://nicheless.blog/post/do-i-want-a-billion-dollars-or-i-want-to-be-important-in-a-community): by Ankit Ruparel, Oct 13, 2026. AI is making me question this repeatedly, how will future look like? I feel we might go back to freelance era- and a structured employment…
- [I wonder](https://nicheless.blog/post/i-wonder): by Lola, Oct 13, 2026. I wonder what happens as the world becomes more abundant. Will happiness increase? Or decrease? We're designed for a world of needs, not…
- [Optimism as a metric](https://nicheless.blog/post/optimism): by Louis Pereira, Oct 12, 2026. Improvements in the human condition are easier to create and measure when times are tough. Starving? Eat. Thirsty? Drink. Homeless? Find…
- [I love my job, and yet I fear it.](https://nicheless.blog/post/i-love-my-job-and-yet-i-fear-): by Diana Wrights, Oct 11, 2026. I realized today that, it's entirely possible for my work to be tracking my every movement. When I open my laptop, when I'm idle, when I…
- [Some thoughts on drinking (September 2026)](https://nicheless.blog/post/some-thoughts-on-drinking-sep): by random thoughts and scattered livings., Sep 20, 2026. There is a negotiation which I have with myself every time I am presented with an opportunity to get drunk. The decision to get drunk is…
- [152/365 - família soprano](https://nicheless.blog/post/152365---fam%C3%ADlia-soprano): by Martina Quadrada, Sep 9, 2026. Acho que já falei que comecei essa série com meu amor. Adoro a questão dos sonhos, o mistério e as músicas. É violento e triste. Ainda…
- [151/365 - Wes Anderson](https://nicheless.blog/post/151365---wes-anderson-): by Martina Quadrada, Sep 6, 2026. Entrei numa pira com os filmes do Wes Anderson. Mesmo sendo fora da realidade, tem muitos dramas comuns aos humanos de sempre. Acabei de…
- [Gen Z](https://nicheless.blog/post/gen-z-): by Random meanderings, Aug 29, 2026. The protests in India, which began mid June under the label of CJP or Cockroach Janta Party, took a life of its own when Gen Z made their…
- [Weight training belt](https://nicheless.blog/post/weight-training-belt): by Random meanderings, Aug 28, 2026. When I started weight training about 15 years ago, I was rather intrigued by some of the folks in the gym who wore all sorts of…
- [Poseidon](https://nicheless.blog/post/poseidon-): by Random meanderings, Aug 27, 2026. I have remained fascinated with the sea, ocean and pretty much all sorts of water bodies since a child and my interest is piqued when I…
- [Transitions](https://nicheless.blog/post/transitions): by Random meanderings, Aug 25, 2026. As a child born in the 70s, along with other Gen X's, we all grew up without social media. In 1984, I remember watching the Opening…
- [Golgappa Guy on ORR](https://nicheless.blog/post/golgappa-guy-on-orr-): by Random meanderings, Aug 24, 2026. A golgappa is an emotion. For most of us who have grown up in India, regardless of which part, it is symbolic of acceptance and surrender.…
- [Champagne evenings in Bangalore](https://nicheless.blog/post/champagne-evenings-in-bangalor): by Random meanderings, Aug 23, 2026. When all the memes of Bangalore weather have been read, the one which is difficult to drag on for too long is the one about Bangalore's…
- [Five years on August 9th 2026](https://nicheless.blog/post/five-years-on-august-9th-2026): by Random meanderings, Aug 23, 2026. More like five and a half years, something that began on February 14th, 2021, Valentines Day! A fun and joyful Sunday brunch with friends…
- [Prayers and "Miss Me Most"](https://nicheless.blog/post/prayers-and-miss-me-most): by Random meanderings, Aug 20, 2026. "Meditate, meditate, meditate in remembrance of Him and find peace". "When you feel you are without me, listen close, I whisper louder,…
- [Hospitals and ICUs](https://nicheless.blog/post/hospitals-and-icus): by Random meanderings, Aug 17, 2026. One of many advantages of being on the other side of 50s is a sense of familiarity of that having happened before and a realization that…
- [Mutton, Chicken, Prawn and a Wedding](https://nicheless.blog/post/mutton-chicken-prawn-and-a-w): by Random meanderings, Aug 16, 2026. As a certified foodie, I rarely pass on an opportunity to celebrate a life event which does not involve food! So when a long overdue…
- [Stirred, not Shaken](https://nicheless.blog/post/shaken-not-stirred): by Random meanderings, Aug 16, 2026. This line from any James Bond movie seems to be a part of the franchise and has sustained over the last six decades. In fact, it's safe to…
- [My First Ice Cream Cake](https://nicheless.blog/post/my-first-ice-cream-cake): by Random meanderings, Aug 16, 2026. One of my summer experiments as a child included learning to bake and assemble an ice cream cake. Bombay's summer heat, even in the 1980s…
- [Nature and writing](https://nicheless.blog/post/nature-and-writing-): by Random meanderings, Aug 15, 2026. When I started writing on Nicheless, 300 words on a daily basis did not seem an insurmountable task. I was proven wrong. An overseas work…
- [Sisterhood across NYC, Mumbai, Ghana, Dubai and Bangalore](https://nicheless.blog/post/sisterhood-across-nyc-mumbai): by Random meanderings, Aug 11, 2026. A Matriarch born in 1908 in present day Pakistan has left a wonderful legacy, four generations ahead. The last few weeks have been a…
- [Hummus anyone ?](https://nicheless.blog/post/hummus-anyone--): by Random meanderings, Aug 11, 2026. There is something fascinating about eating a ''foreign'' food. A food that we have not eaten growing up, and then when we discover or eat…
- [“Come quickly, I am tasting the stars”](https://nicheless.blog/post/%E2%80%9Ccome-quickly-i-am-tasting-th): by Random meanderings, Aug 7, 2026. This quote is famously attributed to Dom Pérignon, a Monk from the Champagne region of France, who in the 17th century spent a significant…
- [Sprints and Interval training](https://nicheless.blog/post/sprints-and-interval-training): by Random meanderings, Aug 6, 2026. Fitness fads come and go. Depending on who one talks to or what one reads, the recommended exercise routine for adults keeps changing. The…
- [there goes mr. spring](https://nicheless.blog/post/there-goes-mr-spring): by static&stardust, Aug 5, 2026. with eyes that grow flowers and a cool that blooms calm one that pinches your cheeks but before you blink is gone and you stay there,…
- [Why do we find safety in numbers?](https://nicheless.blog/post/why-do-we-find-safety-in-numbe): by Random meanderings, Aug 4, 2026. An observation I had while waiting at the international airport departure terminal in Bangalore. Picture a 40,000 square feet departure…

## Writers of the latest posts

- [John Paul Hernandez](https://nicheless.blog/author/john-paul-hernandez) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/john-paul-hernandez/feed.xml))
- [Louis Pereira](https://nicheless.blog/author/louis) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/louis/feed.xml))
- [Francesco](https://nicheless.blog/author/ff) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/ff/feed.xml))
- [Ankit Ruparel](https://nicheless.blog/author/ankit-ruparel) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/ankit-ruparel/feed.xml))
- [Lola](https://nicheless.blog/author/lola) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/lola/feed.xml))
- [Diana Wrights](https://nicheless.blog/author/the-7) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/the-7/feed.xml))
- [random thoughts and scattered livings.](https://nicheless.blog/author/random-4) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/random-4/feed.xml))
- [Martina Quadrada](https://nicheless.blog/author/martina) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/martina/feed.xml))
- [Random meanderings](https://nicheless.blog/author/radhika) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/radhika/feed.xml))
- [static&stardust](https://nicheless.blog/author/staticandstardust) ([RSS](https://nicheless.blog/author/staticandstardust/feed.xml))